The Landline may be back!

A father asked his daughter to trying calling him using an old landline he had lying around. He then recorded her struggling to dial the number (it was a rotary phone) and to find the earpiece to put to her ear. She couldn't find either and was amazed when it actually connected.

- Birjees Hussain

But I read that the landline could be making a comeback. If it does, it probably won't have that rotary dial nor the old-fashioned push button and it may have a touch screen. But will still be connected to a wall with a cable which people are welcoming. You see they are fed up of their smartphone screens because they are dangerously addictive. They've tried to detox themselves from their smartphones but have found it impossible to stay away from social media. It allows them to multitask, which is not a good thing. They can scroll their social media feeds, answer their WhatsApp messages and make calls, all at the same time. But they're convinced that having a landline will reduce their screen time because they think that because it’s stuck to a wall in a specific space, it'll keep them from staring at their phones. But will it?